Oliver challenged Erik and I to a trivia night, so we got together a team of non-PIHers and set out to Torero for their weekly wednesday trivia game. Having never been to Torero, I was pleasantly surprised. Sitting below the street, the little bar/cafe boasts warm ambient lighting, a small stage (that incidentally had a solo guitarist/singer playing when we arrived), walls decked out with art from our favorite local artists, and not-entirely-ridiculously-expensive draught beer.
Trivia night has apparently quite the draw, because the place was packed, and about 9 teams competed. Erik had put together a team of a few of the Blairs (Brits who are here working for Tony Blair), a dude from DFID, and of course Hannah and I. Hannah brough along her new flame Mike as well.
And so trivia night began. The prize for winning is a round of beers on the house, and since we decided to call ourselves "And in Third Place," Erik offered to get us all a round if we actually did come in 3rd. Of course the questions were absolutely impossible. One we did manage to get was "The word that is used to describe a group of owls" (Parliament), and another "The animal with the largest eye" (Giant squid). One we got 75% of, but not completely was "The word 'Golf' used to be an acronym for what?" (Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden).
Anyway, as luck would have it, the we and the PIHers tied for 2nd place. We didn't win, nor did we really get 3rd, so no free beers for us. Boo. Maybe next time.
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